Dreyer Tree » Edgar Keith "Eddie" (Edgar Keith "Eddie") Dreyer (1937-2020)

Birthday August 11, 1937

• The temperature on August 11, 1937 was between 9.8 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 16.0 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
  • January 15 » Spanish Civil War: Nationalists and Republican both withdraw after suffering heavy losses, ending the Second Battle of the Corunna Road.
  • February 16 » Wallace H. Carothers receives a United States patent for nylon.
  • March 18 » Spanish Civil War: Spanish Republican forces defeat the Italians at the Battle of Guadalajara.
  • July 2 » Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
  • August 28 » Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
  • October 9 » Murder of 9 Catholic priests in Zhengding, China, who protected the local population from the advancing Japanese army.

Source: Wikipedia

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• 1936 » Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach († 2015)
• 1936 » Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic
• 1937 » Anna Massey, English actress († 2011)
• 1937 » Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group († 2014)
• 1939 » Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist († 2003)